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Africa Investments 

Denmark extends $30 million grant to African Water Facility for climate-smart water and sanitation services in four drought-prone countries

Elwin Mandowa,
The Danish government has provided a $30.1 million grant to the African Development Bank-managed African Water Facility to enhance access to quality water and sanitation for Africans living in four arid and drought prone countries.  The grant will benefit rural dwellers in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Somalia under the Facility’s Improving access to climate-resilient safe water supply and sanitation… Read More
Africa Cameroon Football Sports World 

Afcon 2021: CAF hopeful of ‘exceptional’ tournament

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– – The president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), Patrice Motsepe, has reiterated that the delayed Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned. Motsepe was speaking with less than three weeks until the tournament kicks off as he visited Yaounde’s Olembe Stadium, which will host the opening match on 9 January. His comments came as speculation… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambians unhappy with removal of fuel, electricity subsidies

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– – Zambians are concerned about the government’s decision to remove fuel and electricity subsidies, saying the price increments on commodities that would result from this move, would make life unbearable for many citizens. The Zambian government announced, recently, the removal of the said subsidies, effective January, 2022. Concerned citizens say if prices go up, due to the high cost… Read More
Africa Investments 

Osward Mulenga Chanda Appointed Director of the African Development Bank's Water and Sanitation Development Department

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Osward Mulenga Chanda as Director, Water Development and Sanitation, with effect from 1 December. Mr. Osward Mulenga Chanda, a Zambian national, joined the African Development Bank in 2009 as Chief Water and Sanitation Engineer. He was then appointed as Division Manager, Water Security and Sanitation, in the… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Child Online Africa founder receives philanthropy award

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– – Ghanaian Child rights advocates, Awo Aidam Amenyah has been recognized for her works in advancing the protection of the rights of children. The founder of Child Online Africa, a pan-African non-profit organization has for over a decade now been fighting for the safety of children online. At Ghana’s national philanthropy awards event in the capital Accra, Amenyah and… Read More
Africa Business Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: NIB compensates ex-worker for demotion, ill-treatment

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– – The National Investment Bank (NIB) in Ghana has paid 12 months Basic Salary as compensation for the demotion and I’ll treatment of its former Head of Human Resources, Senyo M. Adjabeng. The payment followed the 2021 ruling of the National Labour Commission after a complaint filed by Mr. Adjabeng against the Bank in 2017. In its ruling, the… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Direct Primaries Is Constitutional, By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)

Elwin Mandowa,
Under and by virtue of Paragraph 15 (b) of Part 1 to the Second Schedule of the 1999 Constitution as amended, INEC shall register political parties in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an Act of the National Assembly. By virtue of section 222 (a) of the Constitution, no association, by whatever name called, shall function as a… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s lawmakers fight in parliament over e-levy voting

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– – There was chaos in Ghana’s parliament on Monday night as lawmakers vote on the controversial levy on electronic transactions under a certificate of urgency. The E-levy has sharply divided the house, with opposition lawmakers demanding that government withdraws it before passing the 2022 budget. In the presentation of the country’s 2022 budget statement last month, the country’s Finance… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

My Participation: The Jungle King And Questions For Tinubu By Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
A quick look at Google for word meaning presents a jungle as, an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation.  The jungle is not a barren place, the denseness of its forest is a reflection of her soil richness. Its entangled vegetation, a proof of no one tilling it. Primarily, a jungle is a place of untapped… Read More
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